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 I don't know if anybody else feels this way, or maybe from time to time.

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 I'm having just a crazy morning.

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 In a very kind of microcosmic way, we were getting ready.

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 Sam and I were running late this morning trying to get the boys rallied.

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 Sunday morning breaks their normal routine.

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 They normally get up and they get to watch a cartoon while they eat their breakfast.

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 Sunday mornings we throw them in clothes and throw them in the van and they eat on the run.

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 And Judah really, really wanted, Sam had said he could get two animals,

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 and he really wanted this one particular tree frog that he had.

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 And so I was helping him and he really thought it was in his bucket and we couldn't find it.

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 We had this whole selection process of the replacement tree frog for the one he really wanted.

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 And just in this little five-minute absolute frustration for me,

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 I realized that's how my whole morning has been going.

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 And after that, got a call that the water wasn't functioning too well in the building this morning,

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 which I'm sure many of you have already experienced.

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 We're on a well.

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 The filter was really dirty, so we thought maybe that was it.

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 Threw a new filter in.

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 That's not it.

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 It seems that just generally in the county, the water table is really low.

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 And so praise God for the potential rain that's coming to bring the water table back up.

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 The pumps are shut off, so there is no water in the building if you're wondering at this moment what's happening with that.

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 But the time I would have normally spent just re-going over my notes,

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 I spent running up and down the stairs and playing with the pump

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 and trying to figure out what in the world was going on with that.

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 And I'm in this really bad habit.

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 I wouldn't suggest any of you who are intending to preach to make notes like I do notes,

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 because I essentially preach to myself all week.

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 I'm just constantly looking at the scriptures,

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 and literally in my head I preach to myself.

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 I don't picture you guys.

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 I picture me, and I tell me what I need to hear from this particular text.

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 And then when I go, oh, that was good, I write it down.

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 But usually in this very abbreviated form that will just help jog my memory to say it the way I said it in my head.

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 And so it's really important that I go back and review my notes so I know what in the world I'm talking about.

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 In fact, I do this to the degree that I've gone back thinking, for example,

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 college Bible study right now is going through 1 Peter, which a bunch of years ago we preached through 1 Peter.

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 Oh, like three years ago.

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 And I got assigned a text that I'd previously done.

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 I remember doing it.

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 So I went and found my notes, and they made no sense to me.

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 There were some references that made sense.

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 I mean, obviously I had some framework going on there, but why did I write that down?

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 And what did I intend to say as a result?

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 So that's kind of where I find myself this morning as I'm coming to my notes.

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 I looked at them briefly and went, I don't even know what that means.

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 So let's pray together.

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 For God's grace, for the preaching of his word this morning.

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 We always need it.

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 We need it more.

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 We feel our need for it more at some time.

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 So let's pray together.

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 Father, it is a blessing to get to come to your word.

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 For us to all hold copies of various sort, translation, some digital, some in paper,

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 some big and some small in our laps this morning.

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 And to have a church that celebrates the truth and desires to come around it

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 and to align our lives with it is a great grace wrought by you.

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 Father, as we all come from different directions this morning with different levels of craziness in our day,

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 I would ask that you be very gracious to us.

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 Still our hearts focus our minds that we might hear what you would say to us by your word this morning.

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 There is no authority in my speaking except for the authority of your written word.

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 Help us to cherish it.

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 Help us to want to hear from you this morning.

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 To desire to have our little worlds crushed by your astounding love to us.

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 And Father, help all of this, the great end of it all,

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 be that we love you more as a result of what we do here together today,

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 that we will proclaim your excellencies,

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 that we will leave this place shouting to the mountaintops how great our God is.

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 We pray all of this in Jesus' precious and holy name.

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 Amen.

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 So we are now in Mark chapter 12.

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 It is Wednesday of what's been called Passion Week.

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 Jesus will be crucified on Friday.

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 And we're going to spend a good majority of the rest of our time in Mark in Wednesday.

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 Quite a bit of the text itself is on Wednesday.

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 Things are winding down in one sense and certainly winding up in another sense.

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 He's entered Jerusalem on Monday, which we see at the beginning of chapter 11.

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 He cleanses the temple on Tuesday.

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 Begins to make quite a hubbub in town already.

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 And then Kyle last week preached from the very end of chapter 11.

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 And we see the confrontation that begins in Jerusalem with the scribes and the Pharisees,

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 all these religious elite leaders that eventually leads to his crucifixion on Friday.

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 And so that's where we find ourselves as we come to the beginning of chapter 12.

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 So follow along as I read to you, starting in verse 1.

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 And he began to speak to them in parables.

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 A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower

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 and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

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 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

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 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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 Again, he sent to them another servant and they struck him on the head and treated him shapefully.

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 And he sent another and him they killed.

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 And so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.

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 He had still one other, a beloved son.

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 Finally, he sent him to them saying,

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 They will respect my son.

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 But those tenants said to one another,

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 This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

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 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

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 What will the owner of the vineyard do?

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 He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.

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 Have you not read this scripture?

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 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

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 This was the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.

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 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people for they perceived that he had told the parable against them.

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 So they left him and went away.

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 This is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Jesus begins, verse 1, we see, to speak to them in parables.

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 And I think it's important for us to note who it is that he's talking to.

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 Chapter 11, verse 27.

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 It's the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

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 Essentially, all of those at the top.

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 The upper echelon of apostate Judaism is who he's speaking this parable to.

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 And Jesus is such a masterful storyteller.

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 I would encourage you at some point to take a brief break from whatever study you're doing in the scriptures

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 and spend some time just studying the parables of Jesus.

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 Brilliant in every regard.

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 Direct to the point.

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 Speaks to these people in terms that they understood.

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 Drew their minds to the exact place that he intended for them to go.

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 For us, it takes a little more work sometimes.

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 We have to understand context a bit more.

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 But boy, were these stories pointed and perfect in every regard.

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 Now, we've seen parables serve some different purposes.

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 Back in Mark chapter 4, he's speaking in parables to the crowd at Barad.

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 And in verse 10, it says that when he was alone,

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 those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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 And he said to them,

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 to you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God.

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 But for those outside, everything is in parables so that they may indeed see,

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 but not perceive and may indeed hear, but not understand,

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 lest they should turn and be forgiven.

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 So Jesus has used the parables to veil the truth in a sense,

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 to speak about the kingdom of God in such a way that only those whose hearts had been enlightened by the spirit

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 understood what he was saying to them.

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 It was kind of a shrouding of the truth.

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 But now, he's using a parable in a much more pointed fashion.

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 These darkened, hard-hearted religious leaders fully understand that he is speaking about them.

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 We see this to be the case in verse 12.

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 For they perceived, brilliant fellas, glad you figured it out,

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 that he was talking against them.

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 These religious leaders, these apostates,

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 these who were leading the people of Israel astray.

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 And the story starts out with a man.

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 This man here is God who plants a vineyard,

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 puts a fence around it, digs a pit for the wine press, builds a tower.

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 And for us, these might seem like unimportant details,

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 but all of these things were necessary for the flourishing of a vineyard.

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 In fact, in this area, the valleys are very, very fertile, soft, good ground.

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 The mountains are full of stones.

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 It took a lot of work to prepare the hillsides,

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 and this is where they grew.

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 Wheat in the valley, wine, grapes up on the hillside.

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 They would have put a tower in the middle of it,

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 so they could have guarded over it,

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 from animals that would come and eat the grapes,

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 as well as any marauders that would come and try to take over the vineyards.

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 They would build a pit and a wine press,

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 so that they could process the grapes into something that was useful for their consumption.

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 These things were all necessary,

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 and so already he's catching them up into this story.

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 A man who builds a good vineyard.

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 A right and a proper vineyard.

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 But what does the vineyard represent in the story?

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 What or who is the vineyard?

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 The vineyard is Israel.

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 He's making here a direct reference to Isaiah 5,

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 verse 1 and 2.

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 You're welcome to turn there, or just listen.

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 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard.

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 My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

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 He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with choice vines.

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 He built a watchtower in the midst of it and hewed out a wine vat in it,

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 and he looked for it to yield grapes,

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 but it yielded wild grapes.

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 There are many other Old Testament references as well to this as a symbol,

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 like Psalm 80, verses 8 and 9.

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 This is a psalm of Asaph.

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 You brought a vine out of Egypt.

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 You drove out the nations and planted it.

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 You cleared the ground for it.

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 It took deep root and filled the land.

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 This symbol is used most often to speak positively about the Lord's planting of His vineyard,

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 His keeping of it, His tending of it,

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 the way in which He sustains it.

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 But it's also used to speak in negative about Israel,

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 this vineyard that He had planted,

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 and the way in which it lacked the proper fruit.

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 We saw that Isaiah 5 at the end of verse 2.

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 Looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes,

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 which was not a grape that was good for wine making.

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 Again, later on in Isaiah 5, verse 7,

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 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,

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 and the men of Judah are His pleasant planting.

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 And He looked for, here's the fruit He's looking for,

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 the good grapes,

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 He looked for justice,

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 but behold, bloodshed.

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 For righteousness,

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 but behold, an outcry.

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 Again, Jeremiah 2, verse 21,

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 Yet I planted you a choice vine,

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 holy of pure seed.

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 How then have you turned degenerate

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 and become a wild vine?

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 They did not produce the fruit

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 that was keeping with righteousness.

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 They didn't produce the fruit that was proper

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 for the people of God.

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 Now, much of this was because

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 the tenants,

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 those that were put in charge

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 over this vineyard,

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 speaking here of those with spiritual leadership,

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 did not lead well.

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 Now, Israel is certainly held accountable as a nation.

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 Individuals will be held accountable

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 as individuals in our church.

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 You will be held accountable

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 for the sins that you commit,

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 both those of omission and commission,

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 but I will be held accountable

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 to a higher degree

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 for the way in which I teach you

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 to obey the Word of God.

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 What a weight that is,

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 especially on a morning like this.

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 So here we see in this parable

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 a particular indictment

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 against the religious leaders.

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 Jesus is not dismissing Israel

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 for their lack of following Him,

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 but particularly as these men

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 come to confront Him,

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 which is not a new thing for Jesus,

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 He's already experienced this

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 as He's traveled all over Galilee.

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 They've been sending men out to Him.

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 They've already been trying to trap Him.

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 He's been avoiding them all along.

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 But here we see in this final week

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 as things are coming to a head,

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 the great climax of this redemptive story

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 is about to happen.

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 The confrontations also increase.

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 And so specifically,

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 He's speaking against these men.

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 Again, chapter 11, verse 27,

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 the chief priests, the scribes,

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 and the elders who came to Him.

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 Listen to what He says in Matthew 23.

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 You'd do well to turn here.

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 Matthew 23.

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 There's a well-known chapter

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 where Jesus speaks out

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 against the Pharisees,

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 the woes.

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 He says,

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 woe to them,

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 woe to them,

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 woe to them.

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 Beginning in verse 1 of Matthew 23,

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 then Jesus said to the crowds

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 and to His disciples,

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 the scribes and the Pharisees

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 sit on Moses' seat,

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 meaning they were given authority,

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 they were religious leaders,

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 over the people.

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 So, do and observe

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 whatever they tell you,

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 but not the works they do,

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 for they preach,

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 but do not practice.

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 They were great hypocrites.

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 The great picture of hypocrisy.

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 And sadly, I think we too often reflect

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 the way in which they live.

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 Verse 4,

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 they tie up heavy burdens,

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 hard to bear,

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 and lay them on people's shoulders,

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 but they themselves

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 are not willing to move them

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 with a finger.

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 They do all their deeds

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 to be seen by others,

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 for they make their phylacteries broad

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 and their fringes long,

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 and they love the place of honor

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 at feasts,

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 and the best seats

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 in the synagogues,

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 and greetings in the marketplaces,

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 and being called rabbi

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 by others.

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 These men had taken these positions

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 and used it for their own

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 self-exaltation.

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 The phylactery was a small leather box

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 that carried the law of God

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 on their foreheads,

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 and their fringes were on their

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 prayer shawls,

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 and them having longer fringes

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 was supposed to be a greater thing.

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 They were more serious

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 about their devotion

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 to the way in which God

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 had called them to live.

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 It seemed that they were

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 getting into a competition

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 about who could be better

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 and greater

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 and be exalted by people.

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 Is this not the way

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 that so many of us live?

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 Do you identify in any way

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 with these rulers?

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 Piling up for yourself

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 praise and exaltation.

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 Don't forget where we've been

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 in Mark.

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 Put yourself back in Mark 8.

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 The ways in which

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 that Jesus has now set Himself aside.

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 He's teaching the disciples.

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 He's traveling towards Jerusalem.

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 He's got this final few months

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 with them moving along.

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 And He says some incredible,

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 shocking things about what it looks like

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 to follow Him.

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 The high cost of discipleship.

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 Chapter 8, verse 34.

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 If anyone would come after Me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow Me.

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 You must die.

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 You must lay down who you are

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 if you want to be found in Christ

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 and be found to be called His.

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 Chapter 9, verse 35.

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 If anyone would be first,

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 he must be last of all

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 and servant of all.

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 Chapter 10, verse 31.

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 But many who are first

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 will be last

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 and the last first.

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 Chapter 10 again, verse 43.

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 But whoever will be great among you

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 must be your servant.

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 And who will be first among you

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 must be slave of all.

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 And He puts the great punctuation mark

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 on all of this

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 as Himself as the example.

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 He has yet to do this,

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 but we're here coming to it

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 in this week we're studying.

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 Verse 45.

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 For even the Son of Man

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 came not to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give His life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 This is what it looks like

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 to follow Jesus.

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 This is what it looks like

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 to not be apostate

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 and to follow God.

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 This is not at all

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 what these religious rulers

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 were doing.

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 They were the antithesis of this.

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 The very opposite

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 of this thing.

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 And we see that even

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 they are aware of it.

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 By the end of His story

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 in verse 12,

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 they have perceived

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 that He's talking about them.

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 The indictment is on them.

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 And yet they fail to repent.

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 They instead seek to kill Him

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 at the appropriate time

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 when they feel that

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 they can get away

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 with such an act.

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 And back in our story,

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 verse 2.

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 When the season came,

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 He sent a servant

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 to the tenants

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 to get from them

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 some of the fruit

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 of the vineyard.

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 Now this whole practice

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 of leasing out a property,

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 even setting it up

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 and then giving it

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 to people to work

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 was very common

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 in this day.

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 It's not entirely uncommon

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 in our day either.

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 But the way that they

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 would go about this exchange

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 is that the owner

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 of the land

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 would get some percentage

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 of the crop

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 that was yielded.

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 So that's all He's saying here

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 is driving this story along.

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 He's bringing the people

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 who are listening,

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 particularly these religious leaders,

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 along in this story.

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 So they see

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 there's a good vineyard built,

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 there's tenants put over it,

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 and when the fruit comes,

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 the proper thing

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 is to follow.

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 The man who's gone away

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 has sent somebody

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 to collect

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 what is rightfully his.

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 What would have been expected.

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 Verse 3,

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 And they took him,

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 and they beat him,

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 and sent him away empty-handed.

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 So the servant is beaten

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 and sent back.

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 Verse 4,

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 Again he sent to them

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 another servant,

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 and they struck him on the head

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 and treated him shamefully.

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 And he sent another,

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 and him they killed,

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 and so with many others.

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 Some they beat,

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 and some they killed.

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 Now note for a moment

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 this man with this vineyard

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 and his great,

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 great patience

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 and mercy

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 towards the tenants.

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 In fact,

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 at this point,

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 the people listening

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 would have already been

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 kind of enraged

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 by the activity

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 of this man.

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 Why did he not go

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 and destroy these tenants

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 after they beat

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 and sent away a servant

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 the first time?

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 The proper and right thing

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 for them to have done

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 on the first sending

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 of the servant

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 would have been to

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 yield the crop,

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 give to him

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 what was rightfully his,

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 and send it back,

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 and they refused to do it.

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 This was grounds

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:43.619
 for their very dismissal.

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 In fact,

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.079
 he would have had

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:46.980
 much room to punish,

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:47.819
 right?

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:49.200
 To destroy them

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 and to drive them out.

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 Well, we see this man

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:54.259
 standing as a symbol

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.539
 for our Lord

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.399
 and the way in which

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 he dealt with Israel

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:59.019
 with great patience,

00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.720
 sending to them

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 another,

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 and another,

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 and another.

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 Listen to the words

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 of the Lord.

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 Return to me.

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 You are my people.

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 I will be your God.

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 These words echo

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 all throughout

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.420
 the Old Testament.

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 The way in which

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:14.500
 he beckons his people

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 to come back to him.

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 And so,

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 who are these servants

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.400
 in our parable?

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 Who do they represent?

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:23.680
 They're the prophets.

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 They're the prophets.

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 And what had the leaders

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:29.080
 of Israel done

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:30.519
 with the prophets?

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 All of you are scholars

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.000
 of your Old Testament.

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 I know you know it

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 so well.

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.960
 From Moses

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 all the way

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.500
 to John,

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.539
 the baptizer,

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.400
 they largely rejected them.

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.640
 Largely rejected them.

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.779
 Some repentance.

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.319
 Some turning back.

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.680
 But for the most part,

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.380
 they rejected them.

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 Some examples for you.

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 Tradition holds

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.340
 that Isaiah was

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:55.279
 sawn in half

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.600
 and Jeremiah

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.900
 was stoned to death.

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 Ezekiel hated.

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 Amos had to flee

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.640
 for his life.

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:04.400
 Zechariah was rejected

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.780
 and stoned.

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.820
 Micah was beaten.

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.740
 And here in our

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:11.100
 Mark's Gospel account,

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.540
 John the baptizer

00:22:12.540 --> 00:22:14.300
 was beheaded.

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.580
 They rejected

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:18.759
 the messengers of God.

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.480
 They didn't want to hear

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:22.280
 what they had to say.

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 Jesus sums this up

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:26.039
 again back in Matthew 23.

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 I should have had you

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.480
 keep your finger there.

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.599
 Beginning in verse 29.

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.559
 Woe to you,

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:35.160
 scribes and Pharisees,

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.399
 hypocrites,

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.319
 for you build

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.859
 the tombs of the prophets

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:41.519
 and decorate

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.480
 the monuments

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.859
 of the righteous,

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:44.579
 saying,

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.399
 if we had lived

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.519
 in the days of our fathers,

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.259
 we would not have

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.359
 taken part with them

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.440
 in the shedding

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.700
 and shedding the blood

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.700
 of the prophets.

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:54.080
 They were so self-righteous

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.920
 they thought themselves

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:56.660
 above their forefathers

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.900
 who had done these things.

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.460
 Right?

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.500
 Who had destroyed

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.120
 these prophets.

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.700
 So they're building

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.980
 for them monuments.

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.799
 They're decorating

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.480
 these monuments

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.039
 and they're saying

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.720
 we would have

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.380
 nothing to do

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.220
 with the murder

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.880
 of the prophets.

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.880
 Verse 31.

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.580
 The indictment

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:13.000
 Jesus delivers to them.

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.980
 Thus you witness

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.980
 against yourselves

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.860
 that you are sons

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.580
 of those who

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.299
 murdered the prophets.

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.940
 Fill up then

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.539
 the measure

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.360
 of your fathers

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.740
 you serpents

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:24.339
 you brood of vipers.

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.939
 How are you to escape

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.779
 being sentenced

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.519
 to hell?

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.299
 That's our Lord.

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:33.219
 Therefore I send you

00:23:33.219 --> 00:23:33.719
 prophets

00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:35.039
 and wise men

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.079
 and scribes

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.119
 some of whom

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.759
 you will kill

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 and crucify

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 and some you will

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 flog in your synagogues

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 and persecute

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 from town to town

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 so that on you

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 may come

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 all the righteous blood

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 shed on earth

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 from the blood

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 of righteous Abel

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 to the blood

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 of Zachariah

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 the son of Barakai

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 whom you murdered

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 between the sanctuary

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 and the altar.

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 Truly I say to you

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 all these things

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 will come

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 upon this generation.

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 So what is he saying

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:58.960
 to them?

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 He's saying

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 I'm going to prove

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 that you are as evil

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 as your forefathers.

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 You're going to kill me

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 and then I'm going to send

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 to you many people

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 who are going to come

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.140
 and profess the truth

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.519
 of God

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 and you're going to

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 kill them too.

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 And we see this

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 all play out

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.460
 in this prediction

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 that happens here.

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 that's who these men are.

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 And boy

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:19.779
 the scathing way

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.439
 in which Jesus

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.819
 speaks to them.

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 He gives them

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.699
 no space

00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.579
 to wiggle out

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.939
 of this whatsoever.

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.359
 Serpents

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.619
 brood of vipers

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:31.299
 evil men

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 with evil intentions

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 proclaiming to be

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 men of God

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 and yet

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 were not

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 in any way whatsoever.

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 Now Jesus uses

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.880
 two titles of himself

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.900
 in the coming verses

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 and we really need

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 to hone in on this

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 and really pay attention

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 to this.

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 So we see the different

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.579
 slaves are sent.

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 Kind of this

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 amassing number of slaves.

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 It would appear

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 that this man

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 runs out of slaves.

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 He sends so many

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 different servants

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 to them

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.839
 that he's out.

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 He's tapped out.

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 No more servants

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 to send

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 because verse 6 says

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 he still had one other.

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 A beloved son.

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 Who is this?

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 It is the Christ.

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 It is Jesus.

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 The beloved son.

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 The man says

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.120
 they will respect

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:22.400
 my son

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 but the tenants

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.579
 said to one another

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.880
 this is the heir.

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 This is the Christ.

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 Come let us kill him

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.640
 and the inheritance

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:32.220
 will be ours.

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 And they took him

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 and killed him

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.819
 and threw him

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.440
 out of the vineyard.

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:39.519
 Jesus is coming

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 and he is disrupting

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:43.099
 their little world

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.579
 of their religious

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.379
 eliteness.

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.500
 They are getting

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.680
 knocked down

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.559
 off of their thrones

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.799
 that they have set up.

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.579
 For the second time now

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.319
 Jesus has come

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.579
 and he has taken over

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 the temple.

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.839
 It happens previously

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.400
 at the very beginning

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.839
 of his ministry.

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.379
 We see that in John 2.

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.879
 This is the second time

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:02.019
 he's come back now

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.359
 and he's done it again.

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:05.740
 This courtyard

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.579
 of the Gentiles

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.740
 was a huge space

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.379
 and I would just

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:10.039
 love, oh would I love

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.679
 to see it.

00:26:10.719 --> 00:26:11.339
 I hope that when we

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.779
 get to heaven

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.439
 we somehow get

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.599
 the revelation

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:15.059
 of what that looked like

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.319
 and we watch the DVD

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.899
 or something

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:19.819
 of him driving out

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.759
 and controlling

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.199
 this massive,

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:24.079
 massive space.

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.719
 He's totally disrupted

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:26.199
 and that's why

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.779
 they're coming to him

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.240
 and that's why

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.679
 as Kyle was talking about

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:30.099
 they're saying

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:31.359
 by what authority?

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.319
 You can't just come in

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.079
 and take over like this?

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.799
 He's putting them

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.460
 in their place.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.799
 He's disrupting

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.740
 all of this.

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.659
 And they don't want that.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.299
 They want the temporary good.

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:44.000
 They want the temporary glory.

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.659
 They want him out of the picture

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.579
 so they can continue

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.359
 to persist

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.740
 in leading in the way

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.339
 that they have.

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:50.399
 Amassing for themselves.

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.019
 Getting all of the praise

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.179
 in that time.

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:56.960
 Jesus is the beloved Son.

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:59.480
 Remember back in Mark 1

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:01.619
 when Jesus was baptized

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.979
 by John the baptizer.

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.039
 We see this beautiful picture

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.339
 of the Trinity

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.739
 all in one place.

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.739
 Jesus being baptized.

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:11.359
 The Spirit of God

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:13.399
 descending like a dove

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.899
 and a voice coming from heaven

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.359
 that says,

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:17.339
 You are my beloved Son.

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.559
 With you,

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.419
 I am well pleased.

00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:22.559
 Places this seal

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:24.119
 and this mark on him

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.959
 and his ministry

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:26.399
 really kicks off

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.659
 at this point.

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:31.300
 The amazing thing,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.560
 beloved,

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.640
 and the reason I call you that,

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.560
 is that if you're in Christ,

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:38.480
 we are also now

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:40.360
 children of God.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:43.019
 Jesus is the Son of God.

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.360
 This complex,

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.600
 mind-blowing,

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:47.740
 Trinitarian truth

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.180
 and the ministry apprenticeship

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.340
 that we have going on here

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:50.800
 this afternoon.

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.460
 We're going to talk about

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.240
 the Trinity.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:54.180
 It is such a difficult thing.

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.779
 It's clearly biblically taught.

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.440
 So hard to understand.

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.920
 We've got this equal,

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.980
 coexisting,

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.779
 three-part God

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.000
 and yet it exists

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.460
 in some hierarchy.

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:06.240
 The Son yielding to the will

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.079
 of the Father.

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.920
 The Father loving the Son.

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.779
 It's a complex deal.

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.559
 But this passes to us.

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.980
 We get to join in.

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:16.299
 Not that we're part of God,

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.539
 but we get to be part of this

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.980
 wonderful family

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.940
 and this communion

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.960
 that exists in that way.

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.680
 John writes in 1 John,

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:27.160
 1-3,

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:29.519
 See what kind of love

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.819
 the Father has given to us

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:32.680
 that we should be called

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.259
 children of God?

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.019
 And so we are.

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.980
 The reason why the world

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.879
 does not know us

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:41.279
 is that it did not know Him.

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.559
 Beloved,

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.859
 we are God's children now

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:46.359
 and what we will be

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.519
 has not yet appeared,

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.099
 but we know that

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.839
 when He appears

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.899
 we should be like Him

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:51.379
 because we shall see Him

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.740
 as He is.

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.940
 And everyone who thus hopes

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:56.819
 in Him purifies himself

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.339
 as He is pure.

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.279
 If you have placed your hope,

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.920
 if you have placed believing faith

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.980
 in Jesus Christ,

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:06.240
 you are a child of God.

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.980
 And you see that the

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.019
 clear expectation

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.759
 as we've been studying

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.220
 through Mark

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.279
 is that we're also

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:13.319
 going to experience

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.259
 the kind of suffering

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.920
 that Christ experiences.

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.660
 We've seen this now

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.759
 a number of times

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.980
 throughout the text.

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.820
 Prosperity gospel,

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.840
 be damned.

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.580
 It's not the truth.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.759
 We will suffer

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.720
 and we will die

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.700
 for our faith.

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:31.360
 We live in a comfortable place

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:33.779
 where this isn't a reality to us.

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:36.080
 And the shameful thing

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:37.519
 is because most of us

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:39.660
 aren't living for Christ.

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.660
 Most of us have bought into

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:43.440
 this cheap grace idea.

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.420
 Right?

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.519
 You check a box.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.119
 Christian.

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:48.619
 You show up for an hour and a half.

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:50.160
 Maybe some bonus things.

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.279
 You plug in somewhere

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.619
 and do your monthly service.

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.920
 And you think you're good

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.799
 and right with God.

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.900
 Discipleship is costly.

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.299
 It costs you everything.

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.740
 But it's worth it.

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.220
 Trade what you can't keep

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.139
 to that eternal thing

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:06.500
 that you cannot lose.

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.660
 Right?

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.619
 This is the high call

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.599
 of the gospel.

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:13.740
 To be children of God.

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:16.299
 John very poignantly says

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.120
 the reason the world

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.000
 does not know us

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.640
 is that it did not know

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.799
 Him.

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.620
 We will be rejected

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.059
 by the world

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.799
 but we will be accepted

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:25.039
 by God.

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.839
 Isn't this a better thing?

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.680
 Here we see these scribes,

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.339
 these Pharisees,

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.099
 these elders,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.460
 the religious leaders

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:34.039
 who were highly accepted

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.180
 by the world.

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:37.420
 Jesus said in Matthew 23,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.600
 how will you escape hell?

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.640
 How?

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.160
 This is what you're looking for

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.820
 in life.

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.700
 Your end is destruction.

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:48.180
 What a tragic thing.

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.960
 Place your faith in Christ.

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:52.160
 Accept what comes with that.

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:54.380
 The high cost of discipleship

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:57.500
 and be called a child of God.

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.360
 It says in the text

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:02.440
 that they killed Him

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.320
 and then they threw Him out.

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.580
 This is likely a reference

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:07.860
 to the wide rejection

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:09.500
 of Jesus by Israel.

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.840
 They threw Him

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.980
 out of the vineyard

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.059
 altogether.

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.100
 The vineyard itself

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:16.220
 did not contain Him

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.660
 any longer

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.420
 but they tossed Him

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:19.400
 outside of its walls

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.000
 and so Jesus

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.940
 opens the indictment up

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.920
 a bit more.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.960
 And then He asks

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.660
 the question

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:27.420
 in verse 9,

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:30.840
 what will the owner

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:32.840
 of the vineyard do?

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:35.340
 Now in the parallel text

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.580
 in Matthew 21,

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.560
 verse 41,

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.220
 they respond,

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:40.039
 they said to Him,

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.000
 He will put those wretches

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.360
 to a miserable death

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.940
 and let out the vineyard

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.620
 to other tenants

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.300
 who will give Him

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.940
 the fruits

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.440
 in their season.

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.480
 Now remember

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.840
 who He's talking to.

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.660
 He's talking to these

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.759
 religious scribes.

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.460
 These people

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:55.080
 who should have

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:56.120
 had all the answers.

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.340
 And they did in this case.

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.120
 In Matthew's account,

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.960
 they respond

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.039
 with the right thing.

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.880
 Jesus has so caught them up

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.940
 into this story

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.519
 that they've yet to really realize

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.060
 that they're now

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:07.300
 delivering judgment

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:08.720
 on themselves.

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.539
 What's He going to do

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.539
 to these men

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.019
 who have treated Him

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.080
 so shamefully,

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.100
 who in every way

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.900
 have made themselves

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.580
 His enemy?

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.440
 They say,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.380
 who put Him

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.220
 to a miserable death?

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.920
 That's the right

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:21.340
 and proper thing to do.

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.580
 They understood

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.720
 capital punishment.

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.180
 Genesis 9, 6.

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.200
 God speaks to Noah

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.559
 and says,

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.080
 whoever sheds

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.799
 the blood of man,

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:30.019
 by man shall his blood

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.539
 be shed.

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:32.000
 For God made man

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.700
 in His own image.

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.240
 They would have been

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.380
 furious

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:38.059
 as much as they were

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:39.559
 engaging in this story,

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.120
 this fiction

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.720
 that's happening

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.420
 before them,

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.660
 at the way in which

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.319
 these tenants

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.519
 treated the man

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.120
 who owned

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:47.299
 this vineyard.

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.539
 Put them to death.

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.220
 Come.

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.840
 Put them to death.

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.580
 Drive them out.

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.559
 Give the vineyard

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.960
 to other tenants

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.500
 who give Him

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.639
 the fruits

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:58.339
 in their season.

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.039
 And then Jesus

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.460
 brings another title

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:03.019
 into our scene

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.179
 in verse 10.

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.019
 Jesus is

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.960
 the cornerstone.

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:10.519
 He's the cornerstone.

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.279
 Have you not read

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.740
 this Scripture?

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.440
 Now, when Jesus

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.859
 uses words like this,

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.799
 He's really mocking

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.559
 these men

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.299
 because they had

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.279
 read it.

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.599
 They clearly had read it.

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.919
 These were the experts

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.940
 on the law.

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.859
 I can't hold myself

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.399
 in comparison

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.000
 to the way

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.779
 they understood

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.720
 the Scriptures.

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.059
 I'm not like this

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.720
 in my knowledge.

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.059
 We know men

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.559
 who are in our country

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.440
 we look to,

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.379
 we use their commentaries

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:39.579
 and go and source them

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.720
 for help in understanding

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.419
 the Scriptures.

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.319
 So they knew this.

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.359
 They had read the Scripture.

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.480
 The stone

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.940
 that the builders rejected

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.220
 has become the cornerstone.

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:50.000
 This was the Lord's doing

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.220
 and it is marvelous

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.179
 in our eyes.

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.379
 Now, if you don't know much

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.899
 about this ancient architecture,

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.859
 the cornerstone

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:57.359
 was incredibly important

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.859
 for the building

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.299
 of a building

00:33:58.299 --> 00:34:00.539
 because it had to be hewn,

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:00.980
 right?

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.480
 They chipped away.

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.659
 They built these things,

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.720
 blocks of rock.

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.960
 They built stones

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.619
 to be stacked.

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.299
 Incredible.

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.899
 I hope someday

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.559
 to get to travel

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.440
 and see firsthand

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.279
 some of this ancient architecture.

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.340
 That cornerstone

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.139
 was so important

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.940
 because it had to be

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:16.000
 laid out perfectly square

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.880
 on all sides

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.660
 because it built

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:18.740
 the walls out

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:20.160
 as well as

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:21.099
 the way in which

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.660
 the wall would be built up.

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.119
 Right?

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:23.840
 So if it was crooked

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.880
 in any way whatsoever,

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.840
 the wall would lean

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:27.460
 or the walls would gap out

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.680
 or they would narrow in.

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.280
 The building wouldn't

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.720
 be put together properly.

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.680
 The cornerstone

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.860
 was key

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.720
 to the function

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:35.400
 of the entire building.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.400
 Without it,

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.140
 the building

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.780
 could not hold together.

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.800
 It could not be

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.599
 properly built.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:44.119
 This is further significant

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.880
 because

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.759
 he's quoting here

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:48.179
 Psalm 118,

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.400
 22,

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.000
 and 23.

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.400
 Now I know all of you

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.400
 have great memories.

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.360
 So you're remembering

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.619
 a number of weeks ago

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.360
 when Clay

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.400
 spoke

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.099
 at the beginning

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.139
 of chapter 11

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:02.659
 about the triumphal

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.579
 entry.

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.500
 And they called out

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:07.420
 all the people

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.460
 called out

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.099
 Hosanna!

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:11.139
 Blessed is he who comes!

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:12.960
 in the name of the Lord.

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.559
 And guess what

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.359
 they're quoting there?

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.739
 Psalm 118,

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.480
 verse 26.

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.779
 Just a few verses

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:20.819
 after this very thing

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:22.059
 that Jesus is quoting.

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:23.059
 The stone that the builders

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.379
 project

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:24.339
 has become the cornerstone.

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:26.019
 This was the Lord's doing

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:27.259
 and it is marvelous

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.339
 in our eyes.

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.299
 So by the profession

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:30.339
 of the people

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:31.579
 as he came in

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:33.039
 on Monday,

00:35:33.379 --> 00:35:35.440
 he is that cornerstone.

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.980
 And this may be the point

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.339
 we don't know exactly,

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.299
 but this may be the point

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:40.639
 at which

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.599
 in their minds

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.259
 it turns

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:43.579
 and they get,

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.159
 oh, aha,

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:46.000
 he's talking about us.

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:48.079
 Oh, he's saying

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.679
 he's the cornerstone.

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.679
 And it mentions there

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.420
 in verse 12

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.759
 that they feared

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.859
 the people.

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:56.259
 So they left him

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:57.239
 and they went away.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.440
 Very clever of our Lord

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.319
 to quote from Psalm 118,

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.659
 22 and 23

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:06.299
 in this case.

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.139
 Now you remember

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.799
 verse 9,

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:10.259
 pulling us back up,

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:11.180
 you remember in verse 9

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:13.340
 that the tenants

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.200
 are going to be destroyed

00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:14.940
 and the vineyard

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.540
 is going to be given

00:36:15.540 --> 00:36:17.000
 to others.

00:36:18.060 --> 00:36:19.160
 In Matthew's account

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.560
 it says

00:36:19.560 --> 00:36:20.820
 that the tenants

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.320
 will give him

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.860
 the fruits of their season.

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.580
 The others will be

00:36:23.580 --> 00:36:24.260
 new tenants

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.820
 that will give him

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:26.520
 fruits in their season.

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.500
 So who is Jesus

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.580
 referring to

00:36:28.580 --> 00:36:29.780
 when he talks about

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.820
 the others?

00:36:31.080 --> 00:36:33.400
 Who is this vineyard

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.640
 going to be given to?

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:37.299
 I think specifically

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:38.219
 and firstly

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:39.379
 we need to understand

00:36:39.379 --> 00:36:41.199
 to the apostles.

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.579
 Already there's been

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.819
 some authority shift.

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.679
 Hasn't there?

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.259
 Jesus has been teaching

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:48.839
 them along the way

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:50.319
 correcting their thinking.

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.519
 He's given them

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.559
 charge to go out

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.460
 and preach the gospel

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.259
 of the coming kingdom.

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.119
 He's given them

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.119
 the ability to cast out

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:57.379
 demons and to heal people.

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.460
 There's already been

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.960
 a bit of a power shift

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.920
 in the structure

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.799
 already

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.860
 and it will only

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.560
 increase

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:05.320
 as he sends his spirit

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.220
 the helper

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:07.280
 to come along.

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.980
 Jesus says

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.860
 that the apostles

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.260
 are going to do

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:10.180
 greater works

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:11.420
 than he does.

00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:12.880
 They're going to become

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.000
 the new leaders.

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:15.300
 The new tenants

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:17.060
 over Israel

00:37:17.060 --> 00:37:19.900
 being God's people.

00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:22.440
 Remember that 21

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.980
 verse 43 of Matthew

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.800
 Therefore I tell you

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.560
 the kingdom of God

00:37:25.560 --> 00:37:26.580
 will be taken away from you

00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:28.780
 and given to a people

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.960
 producing

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.680
 its fruits.

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:33.980
 producing good works.

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:35.100
 These would be the

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:36.980
 new heralds

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:38.400
 of the truth.

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.880
 The guardians

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:41.000
 of it.

00:37:42.080 --> 00:37:42.800
 So specifically

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.500
 the apostles

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:45.360
 and then beyond that

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.519
 to us.

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.539
 We're in that lineage now

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.560
 as those who believe

00:37:50.560 --> 00:37:51.120
 in the gospel

00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:53.100
 of Jesus Christ.

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.820
 That message has passed

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.240
 across the generations

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:57.620
 and we are now

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:59.620
 those heralds

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:01.260
 of the truth.

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.700
 If you don't believe me

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.380
 I think you do.

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.900
 But just in case you don't

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:07.039
 let's turn to 1 Peter

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.380
 together.

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.880
 Chapter 2.

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:29.340
 The scriptures are such a wonderful

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:31.300
 web interweaving

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.460
 of symbolism

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:35.140
 written across

00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:36.000
 so many years

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.340
 by so many different writers

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.199
 but all inspired

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:39.219
 by the spirit of God.

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.239
 1 Peter

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.639
 chapter 2.

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.079
 I'll begin reading

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.880
 in verse 4.

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.679
 As you come to him

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.980
 him is Jesus

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.579
 here

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.920
 a living stone

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.199
 rejected by men

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.559
 but in the sight

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.139
 of God

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.760
 chosen

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:53.860
 and precious

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:55.860
 you yourselves

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:57.119
 like living stones

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.219
 are being built up

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.659
 as a spiritual house

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:01.460
 to be a holy priesthood

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:03.699
 to offer spiritual sacrifices

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.780
 acceptable to God

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:06.280
 through Jesus Christ.

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.720
 So as we come to

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.820
 Jesus Christ

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.720
 the living stone

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:11.199
 this cornerstone

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:13.039
 we are also

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.179
 stones

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:15.159
 being built into

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.780
 a house

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:18.220
 to offer what?

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:19.139
 Sacrifices

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.579
 acceptable to God

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.659
 through Jesus Christ.

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.260
 Fruit

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.199
 bearing good fruit

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.000
 good works

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.860
 preaching the gospel

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:26.159
 loving our neighbors.

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.619
 Verse 6

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.679
 For it stands in Scripture

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.359
 Behold

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:31.319
 I am laying in Zion

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:31.960
 a stone

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.920
 a cornerstone

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.460
 chosen

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.679
 and precious

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.839
 and whoever believes

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.179
 in him

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:37.339
 will not be put to shame.

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.980
 So the honor

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.579
 is for you

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.279
 who believe

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:41.119
 but for those

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.859
 who do not believe

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:42.519
 the stone

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.139
 that the builders

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.739
 rejected

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.920
 has become

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.179
 the cornerstone

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:47.039
 Does that sound familiar?

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.739
 Verse 8

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:50.059
 And a stone of stumbling

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.559
 and a rock of fence

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.940
 they stumble

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.940
 because they disobey

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.480
 the word

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.719
 as they were destined

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.239
 to do

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:57.699
 but you are

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.839
 a chosen race

00:39:58.839 --> 00:40:00.679
 a royal priesthood

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:02.179
 a holy nation

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:03.319
 a people

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.839
 for his own possession

00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.699
 Why?

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:07.159
 That you may proclaim

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.119
 the excellencies

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.579
 of him

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.099
 who called you

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:10.000
 out of darkness

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:11.839
 into his marvelous light

00:40:11.839 --> 00:40:13.079
 That's why

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:14.239
 we exist

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:15.119
 church

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.819
 Once you were

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.659
 not a people

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:19.219
 but now you are

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:20.059
 God's people

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.399
 Once you had

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:22.919
 not received mercy

00:40:22.919 --> 00:40:24.679
 but now you have

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:26.139
 received mercy

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.659
 verse 10

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.039
 is borrowing

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.500
 from Hosea

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:30.299
 What a beautiful

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:31.460
 beautiful picture

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:31.980
 this is

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.460
 of us being

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:33.159
 built into

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:34.659
 a holy dwelling

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.159
 place

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:36.059
 for God

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.879
 Do you see

00:40:36.879 --> 00:40:37.359
 the great

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:38.359
 juxtaposition

00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:38.819
 here

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.779
 in the story?

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.799
 Jesus is using

00:40:41.799 --> 00:40:42.279
 this story

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:43.219
 directly as an

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.699
 indictment

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:45.119
 against these men

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.779
 that he's talking

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.119
 to

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.960
 but it broadens

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.299
 out

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:48.019
 as he talks

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.379
 about who

00:40:48.379 --> 00:40:49.099
 he is

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.639
 and we have

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.039
 a great

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.539
 understanding

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.099
 now on

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.920
 this side

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.579
 of all

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.940
 of the

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.800
 gospel

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.420
 realities

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.300
 who we

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:56.059
 are now

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.820
 in

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.519
 him

00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.340
 this is

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.680
 why we're

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.159
 created

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:02.059
 this high

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.599
 cost

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.920
 of discipleship

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.400
 for us to

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.039
 walk in

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:06.480
 all of us

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.800
 all of us

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.619
 a holy

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:09.820
 priesthood

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.659
 all of us

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.180
 are meant to be

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:12.079
 going and sharing

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:13.460
 going and doing

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.539
 it's not reserved

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.780
 for my position

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.900
 in this church

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.539
 all of you have

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.820
 been given

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:19.140
 this responsibility

00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:20.780
 my job

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.480
 primarily

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.180
 is to help

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:22.519
 you

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.920
 go do

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.480
 your job

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:25.640
 2nd

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:25.920
 Corinthians

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.860
 chapter 5

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:29.180
 makes the

00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:29.900
 point again

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.539
 and I'm going

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:30.840
 to close

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.500
 with this

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:32.680
 2nd

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:32.820
 Corinthians

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:33.300
 chapter 5

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:33.539
 beginning

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:33.860
 of verse

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.320
 17

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:36.400
 therefore

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.000
 if anyone

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.480
 is in

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.059
 Christ

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:39.420
 he is a

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.580
 new

00:41:39.580 --> 00:41:40.100
 creation

00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:41.559
 the old

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.039
 is passed

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.380
 away

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.940
 behold

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:44.140
 the new

00:41:44.140 --> 00:41:45.440
 has come

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.980
 all this

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.280
 is from

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.559
 God

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:47.980
 who through

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.380
 Christ

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.239
 reconciled

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.539
 us to

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:49.960
 himself

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.840
 and gave

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.360
 us the

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.820
 ministry

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.400
 of

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.940
 reconciliation

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.599
 understand

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.380
 that we

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.940
 are enemies

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.480
 of God

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:56.019
 and the

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.599
 ministry

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.139
 of reconciliation

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:58.059
 is that we

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.699
 help people

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.539
 make peace

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.279
 with God

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:01.239
 verse 19

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.840
 that is

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.840
 in Christ

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.239
 God was

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:03.940
 reconciling

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.400
 the world

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:05.079
 to himself

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:06.320
 not counting

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.099
 their trespasses

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.739
 against them

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.759
 and entrusting

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.219
 to us

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.940
 the message

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.139
 of reconciliation

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:12.739
 therefore

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.179
 we are

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.659
 ambassadors

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.380
 for Christ

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:15.119
 God

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.659
 making his

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.119
 appeal

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.279
 through us

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:18.880
 we implore

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.120
 you

00:42:19.120 --> 00:42:19.700
 on behalf

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:20.340
 of Christ

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:22.080
 be reconciled

00:42:22.080 --> 00:42:22.720
 to God

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:24.420
 so if you

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.040
 are in

00:42:25.040 --> 00:42:25.400
 Christ

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.800
 you have

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.400
 the ministry

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.140
 of reconciliation

00:42:27.140 --> 00:42:27.880
 to be about

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.260
 the work

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:29.200
 of bringing

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.820
 people to

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.080
 peace

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:30.640
 with God

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:31.700
 and understand

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.460
 beloved

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.240
 this is a

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:34.120
 big deal

00:42:34.120 --> 00:42:35.220
 just before

00:42:35.220 --> 00:42:35.700
 this in

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.220
 2nd

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.600
 Corinthians

00:42:36.600 --> 00:42:37.200
 Paul said

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.480
 that we

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.920
 no longer

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.320
 regard

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:38.740
 anyone

00:42:38.740 --> 00:42:39.160
 according

00:42:39.160 --> 00:42:39.640
 to the

00:42:39.640 --> 00:42:40.260
 flesh

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.500
 and what

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:40.660
 he's

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:40.920
 meaning

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.120
 there

00:42:41.120 --> 00:42:41.240
 is

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:41.320
 that

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:41.560
 they

00:42:41.560 --> 00:42:41.900
 see

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.400
 people

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.880
 as

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.360
 eternal

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:44.260
 beings

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:46.360
 no one's

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.820
 life gets

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.340
 snuffed out

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.579
 and it

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.059
 ends there

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.400
 they go

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:49.139
 on forever

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.619
 and where

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.059
 do they

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.500
 go on

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:50.740
 to

00:42:50.740 --> 00:42:52.460
 we should

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.119
 really want

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.400
 to know

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:53.680
 this

00:42:53.680 --> 00:42:53.940
 we should

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.420
 be really

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.980
 concerned

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.840
 about this

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.400
 with everyone

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.180
 we encounter

00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.820
 do you

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.240
 understand

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:58.880
 the weight

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.420
 of sin

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.039
 and its

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.539
 subsequent

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.440
 consequence

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:03.000
 oh if you

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.639
 do plead

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.139
 with people

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.840
 to come

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.079
 to the

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.420
 Lord

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:06.480
 that they

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.800
 might have

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.440
 life now

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.780
 and for

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.180
 eternity

00:43:08.180 --> 00:43:08.800
 this is

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.639
 the message

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:09.840
 of

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.460
 reconciliation

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:11.800
 God has

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.320
 granted it

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:13.079
 to us

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.619
 he makes

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.460
 his appeal

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.639
 through us

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:15.940
 and that

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.460
 appeal is

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:17.139
 simply this

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:17.440
 if you

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.880
 do not

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:18.340
 know

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:18.840
 where you

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.179
 stand

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:19.519
 in this

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.980
 if you

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.360
 think

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.280
 I may

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:22.380
 I may

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.760
 be in

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.199
 the camp

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.500
 of these

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.880
 religious

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.280
 elite

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.760
 I go

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.059
 through the

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.400
 motions

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.920
 I do

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.400
 the things

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:27.079
 outside

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.579
 I'm looking

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.199
 pretty good

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.740
 inside

00:43:28.740 --> 00:43:29.280
 I'm full

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:29.659
 of dead

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:30.159
 people's

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.480
 bones

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.220
 I'm full

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:32.039
 of hypocrisy

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.720
 if you

00:43:32.720 --> 00:43:33.099
 think you

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:34.139
 align with

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.639
 them in

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:35.199
 this way

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:36.000
 this is

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.519
 the appeal

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.940
 to you

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.940
 we implore

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.240
 you

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:39.300
 on behalf

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:39.900
 of Christ

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:41.460
 be reconciled

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.420
 to God

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.619
 let's pray

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:43.940
 together